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08/06/2026

Lighten Our Darkness

A 5-hour multi-part documentary exploring why the timeless service of choral evensong continues to be the mainstay of daily worship in so many cathedrals and churches in the UK and beyond.

Use code 23MG0V231M to claim 15% OFF and watch part 1 now

https://kinema.com/films/lighten-our-darkness-part-1-5wmwri

04/06/2026

Joanna Forbes L'Estrange's St John's Service receives its premiere performance on Saturday 6 June at the Evensong service in the beautiful chapel of St John's College, Cambridge

Choral leaflet available from our Music Shop, together with other music by Joanna https://www.rscmshop.com/search-results?query=joanna%20forbes

03/06/2026

Composer spotlight - Lucy Walker

Hear Lucy’s St Martin’s Service (published by RSCM) in this episode from BBC Radio 3’s Choral Evensong. BBC Singers conducted by Anna Lapwood

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002w7t8

02/06/2026

Composer Spotlight - Lucy Walker

Lucy Walker (b.1998) is quickly establishing her place as one of Britain’s foremost emerging compositional voices.

Lucy is currently Composer-in-Residence with St Martin’s Voices, the flagship professional vocal consort based at St-Martin-in-the-Fields, and, alongside, has won numerous high-profile commissions, including writing for the BBC Singers, VOCES8, The Sixteen, various UK Cathedral Choirs, and Anna Lapwood and the Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Lucy’s works have been frequently broadcast on national radio, featured on commercial recordings, and are gaining popularity in performance across Europe and the US.

We are proud to publish Lucy's St Martin's Service and Compline, both available from our Music Shop, where you can also listen to the music.

https://www.rscmshop.com/authors/lucy-walker

29/05/2026

Last chance to book
Online Event – Mixing Together Musical Styles
Weds 3 June 2026 7pm

Do you need support with the broad range of music offered by your church? Do you struggle with bringing different traditions together? Dr Noël Tredinnick BEM FRSCM will be joining us to look at how musical styles can be combined harmoniously.

Find out more / book your place https://www.rscm.org.uk/events/online-event-mixing-together-musical-styles/

26/05/2026

New from RSCM Publications

RSCM Evensong Collection for Sopranos, Altos and Unison Lower Voices, edited by Simon Lole

Preces and Responses, Six settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis and Four Psalm Chants

Order direct from our Music Shop

https://www.rscmshop.com/books/9780854023738/rscm-evensong-collection-for-sopranos-altos-and-unison-lower-voices

25/05/2026

Come and hear young singers on our Beverley Course sing in beautiful Beverley Minster

Fri 29 May 17:00 Choral Compline
Sat 30 May 17:00 Choral Evensong
Sun 31 May 11:00 Choral Eucharist

All welcome

24/05/2026

Music for Pentecost

Come Holy Spirit - Brian Chapple

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21/05/2026

Meet Polly, member of the RSCM Youth Choir and recently appointed singer on the prestigious Genesis Sixteen Programme!

Run by The Sixteen, Genesis Sixteen is a renowned young artists’ scheme for exceptional ensemble singers aged 18–23, helping to develop the next generation of professional choral talent.

“Being part of the RSCM Youth Choir since 2021 (aged 17) has given me so many opportunities and experiences such as singing in St Paul’s Cathedral last month, which was incredible. Through the courses, I have developed not only as a singer and musician, but also in confidence, while meeting so many talented people along the way. I am so grateful for the encouragement I have received through RSCM, and I’m so excited to continue my choral journey as a member of the Genesis Sixteen this year, and also the next Youth Choir course in Derby this Summer.”

Congratulations, Polly! It is a joy for the RSCM to support your early-career development as a singer and to celebrate in your success!

Find out more about RSCM Youth Choir https://www.rscm.org.uk/learn-with-us/rscm-choirs/youth-choir/

20/05/2026

Lucy Walker’s St Martin’s Service was sung at St Paul’s Church Knightsbridge, London, with the BBC Singers, for Choral Evensong on BBC Radio 3 today

Find the vocal score in our Music Shop https://www.rscmshop.com/books/C1211/lucy-walker-st-martins-service-satb--organ

The programme is repeated on Sunday at 18:00